The First Meeting with Jia Wen

Chen Yan immediately bowed toward the young woman.

"This humble minister pays his respects to Your Highness."

Although Chen Yan had no idea who the young woman before him was, judging from her attire, temperament, and age, he could make a fairly accurate guess.

She was surely one of the princesses born to the current Great Yan emperor, Xiao Jue.

"What rank of official are you? You look about as old as I am. How dare you enter the inner court without permission?"

"Your Highness..."

A palace maid who looked about the same age as the young woman leaned toward her and quietly reminded her:

"We're in the outer court."

"Huh?"

The young woman, dressed in a pale-yellow palace gown, widened her eyes slightly and looked around at her surroundings. The hairpin at the back of her head swayed with her movements.

Then the young woman's gaze continued to wander over Chen Yan.

Of course, it lingered longest on his face.

But Chen Yan kept his eyes lowered, never once meeting her gaze.

That only made the young woman in the pale-yellow palace gown stare at his face with even less restraint.

"Ahem."

In the end, Chen Yan was the first to give two light coughs, breaking the awkward silence.

"I am the Deputy Governor of Great Yan's frontier army. I was summoned to the palace to pay my respects to His Majesty. I had no intention of offending Your Highness. I beg Your Highness to forgive me."

Chen Yan introduced himself to the young woman in the pale-yellow palace gown.

At his words, the young woman's eyes immediately lit up, and then widened further.

"You're the one who won that great victory on the frontier?"

"The victory was won by the soldiers of Great Yan's frontier army. I would